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Phil Edwards

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Last updated on Nov 29, 2023
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Why cheating is allowed on game shows
10:54
Why useless decongestants are still for sale
9:53
Why Silicon Valley is here
8:47
Oppenheimer’s secret city, explained
9:06
Why Disney World is in Florida
10:26
An AI artist explains his workflow
8:18
How TikTok dances trained an AI to see
8:08
Can AI kill the greenscreen?
8:31
Why AI doesn't speak every language
10:15
Why AI art struggles with hands
9:57
Iconic movie trailers, explained by a trailer editor
11:44
How Christmas trees stopped being just a German thing
4:16
World Cup penalty kicks, tracked
6:05
How to build a wood skyscraper
12:00
What it’s like to work in the world’s greatest office
13:37
How your TV settings ruin movies
9:05
Why motion capture is harder than it looks
8:36
Why shipping container homes are overrated
10:36
Why shipping container homes are overrated
10:36
Why Frank Lloyd Wright’s windows look like this
8:27
Why people thought steel houses were a good idea
10:55
How insulated glass changed architecture
7:43
How this house took over the US
8:21
The architecture trend dividing London's elites
6:20
Why so many new buildings are covered in rectangles
8:55
How video game rocks get made
6:18
Why it’s so hard to make CGI skin look real
9:07
The bridge design that helped win World War II
6:29
The invention that fixed lighthouses
8:12
Why visual effects artists love this shiny ball
8:09
How tag became a professional sport
18:19
The technology that’s replacing the green screen
8:23
How robots made this food commercial look effortless
8:29
How reality TV shows cast the right people
9:01
I made a catapult to launch marshmallows! Thanks, Leonardo da Vinci.
6:17
How slow motion works
9:41
The 1850s map that changed how we fight outbreaks
6:57
The real story behind this war poster
8:32
Dr. Anthony Fauci, explained
9:41
The right way to play Monopoly
6:37
Why NASA quarantined the Apollo 11 astronauts
14:41
The conspiracy behind this famous statue
5:34
Was this the greatest dog of all time?
6:40
The original Game of Life was incredibly dark
5:54
Why German spies blew up this US island
7:27
Hollywood almost lost to this city
6:55
The trick that made animation realistic
5:13
How stop motion animation began
4:51
Why movies went from 15 minutes to 2 hours
6:08
The first movie with CGI
4:57
Why the US drinking age is 21
9:30
Why Route 66 became America’s most famous road
17:42
Why so many suburbs look the same
7:20
How Davy Crockett became an American legend
12:12
Where Manhattan’s grid plan came from
6:16
Thomas Edison's road trip with his famous friends
8:59
Vox Almanac is going on a road trip
1:31
The real experiments that inspired Frankenstein
9:52
The goose that conquered America
10:46
How Leonardo da Vinci made a "satellite" map in 1502
4:54
How this family built life hack culture
12:23
Why baby cages were a thing
3:19
Why cartoon characters curse like this
4:29
The DeLorean paradox: how it failed and became a legend
17:40
Why monks had that haircut
5:43
The World War II battle against STDs
12:20
The facial prosthetics of World War I
4:03
Why gamers use WASD to move
5:05
Why the Marvel Cinematic Universe feels empty
9:39
How ninjas went mainstream
7:02
How Jackson Pollock became so overrated
8:20
Why colleges tolerate fraternities
7:05
Why the Ouija board became so famous
6:09
Why Americans suck at soccer (well, the men)
7:32
Why so many sitcoms look the same
7:04
Why old buildings use the same leaf design
4:06
Why ships used this camouflage in World War I
5:00
Why the triple axel is such a big deal
5:10
How audiobooks are recorded
5:11
Filthy Frank fans made us do this
9:19
How Technicolor changed movies
11:05
The dollhouses of death that changed forensic science
8:16
What the names for bodies of water mean
5:15
How granite countertops took over American kitchens
6:17
Open offices are overrated
6:31
How QWERTY conquered keyboards
5:48
Crowdfunding, explained by Exploding Kittens
7:00
How American Gothic became an icon
6:11
The rise and fall of the American fallout shelter
12:32
How an underground script list changed movies
7:35
The real reason To Kill A Mockingbird became so famous
5:28
How an MS Paint artist made this picture
7:53
The hidden oil patterns on bowling lanes
7:41
Why every American graduation plays the same song
5:34
Why Philadelphia has thousands of murals
6:30
Why knights fought snails in medieval art
4:37
How a dictionary writer defines English
9:01
The font that escaped the Nazis and landed on the moon
4:27
Minecraft isn't just a game. It's an art form.
6:07
The incredible sport of cup stacking, explained
8:48